Remembering Yale Fineman
 | "Yale will be remembered by his colleagues as a vivid presence, dedicated in equal measure to librarianship, service, scholarship, and musicianship – and as a loyal friend who touched numerous lives across the country." |
Yale came to the UM Libraries in the summer of 2002. In the short time he was with us, he made a significant impact on the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library and the lives of those he worked with. Yale was equal parts librarian, musicologist, technological innovator, specialist in the music of Spain, and a master classical guitarist. He was also a great colleague.
Contributions to the Yale Fineman Memorial Fund, made out to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation (memo: Yale Fineman Memorial Fund) can be mailed to the University of Maryland, Office of Gift Acceptance, 3126 Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, College Park, MD 20742-1531.
You can learn more about Yale at In Memoriam, Yale Fineman by Dr. Bruce D. Wilson, retired Head of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. You can also listen to or read some of Yale's musical and academic contributions below.
Recorded Performance and Transcriptions
The following selections were transcribed for classical guitar and performed by Yale. These recordings, from a session during the early 1980s, document his transcription efforts at the time.
Luys de Narváez
Enrique Enriquez de Valderábano
Alonso Mudarra
Fantasia nr. 10 (1546)
Isaac Albéniz
Granada – Serenata (1886)
Preludio, op. 232 – Leyenda (1890)
Gaspar Sanz
Españoleta (1674)
Villanos (1674)
Españoleta (1674)
Canarios (1674)
Maurice Ravel
"Music was his life. It informed everything he did –
how he worked and how he thought about librarianship."
– Lori Goetsch
Dean, Kansas State University Libraries
Former Director, Public Services, UM Libraries
Nos. 1 – 4 originally for vihuela; 5 – 6 for piano; 7 – 10 for baroque guitar; 11 for piano/orchestra.
Published Writing
"Gone are the days when bibliographies were relatively obscure print resources of which only librarians and a select group of scholars were aware.
Today bibliographic databases are big business – as OCLC FirstSearch and Web of Science prove – and most, if not all, are migrating to the Web."
– Yale Fineman
- Article: "Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Music," Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 60.4 (June 2004): 893-907. [Project MUSE]
- Article: "Electronic Theses and Dissertations," portal: Libraries and the Academy 3.2 (April 2003): 219-227. [Project MUSE]
- Article: "The Economics of Information: DW3 and the Case for Creating a Music Megasite," Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 58.3 (March 2002): 504-510. [Project MUSE]
- Digital Media Review: "Reliable, Useful, and Free: Notable Bibliographic Databases on the Web," Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 58.2 (December 2001): 411-414. [Project MUSE]
- Article: "DW3 Classical Music Resources: Managing Mozart on the Web," portal: Libraries and the Academy 1.4 (October 2001): 383-389. [Project MUSE]
- Website: "Alhambrismo!: The Life and Music of Isaac Albéniz." A 7,000 word essay derived from my 1994 Master's thesis, Isaac Albéniz and the Andalusian Musical Idiom. [Website] [Print Version]
Invited Presentations
- "Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Musicology." Annual meeting of the American Musicological Society (Columbus, November 2002). A presentation and panel discussion on the issues of access, fair use, and copyright in media-based documents.
- "DW3 Classical Music Resources." MLA70: Annual meeting of the Music Library Association (New York, February 2001). Presented to (1) Resource Sharing and Collection Development Committee and (2) MLA Board of Directors.
- "Humanities Scholarship in the Digital Age." A presentation and panel discussion sponsored by the Duke University Humanities Librarians (Durham, February 2001).
- "DW3 Classical Music Resources." SEMLA 2000: Annual meeting of the Music Library Association, Southeast Chapter (New Orleans, October 2000).
